Further down on 12th Avenue, two or three cars came in to the parking lot of the Edgehill Branch Library every 15-20 minutes or so, said Joy Scott, a resident who has been volunteering at elections for the past eight years. She said that in her experience, the bulk of voters will turn out in the evening after work. ​

When the polls opened at McCabe Community Center at 7 a.m., there were only three people in line, but voters trickled in one or two at a time to tackle the somewhat complicated ballot where voters have to choose whether to vote Republican or Democrat and then make their choices for judges and other offices in the general election as well.

"I'm sorry that I couldn't vote in both, because there were some Democrats I wanted to vote for and some Republicans, too " said voter Karen Edwards, after casting her ballot.

Voters agreed that they too would welcome having a crossover option for voters in the state elections where you could vote for a Democrat in one race and a Republican in another.

But in this election, since it was a primary and voters had to choose one or the other.

"It's a huge ballot, so many categories," said Meme Kriel, one of the early bird voters who said this election was complex enough that it required voters to have done some serious homework before heading to the polls.

"It was kind of overwhelming to have all the choices. I knew a lot but I probably should have studied it a little more before I went in, " Johnny Barnes said

Julie Barnes said she and her husband sometimes take advantage of early voting but did not this time. "I sort of kind of like to come on election day and see the people and go to Star Bagel," she said.